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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what team is Ye Wenjie transferred that picks up and analyzes radio signals in Chapter 12, "Red Coast II"?
(a) Defense.
(b) Monitoring.
(c) History.
(d) Marketing.

2. When was the book Silent Spring published?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1966.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1969.

3. What was the profession held by Hai Mo?
(a) Butcher.
(b) Newspaper reporter.
(c) Screenwriter and novelist.
(d) Chemist.

4. What field studies celestial objects at radio frequencies?
(a) Relativity astronomy.
(b) Radio astronomy.
(c) Nanotechnology.
(d) Astrophysics.

5. From what belief system does the translator note the term "Monsters and Demons" is derived in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?
(a) Hinduism.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Buddhism.
(d) Islam.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the United States National Radio Quiet Zone located that the narrator describes in Chapter 13, "Red Coast III"?

2. What does "WMAP" stand for in the narrative?

3. At the National Astronomical Center at the Space Observation Center, Sha Ruishan examines data from three satellites. When was the COBE launched, according to the narrator in Chapter 9, "The Universe Flickers"?

4. How much time has passed in the game when Wang returns to it in Chapter 11, "Three Body: Mozi and Fiery Flames"?

5. What word from Chapter 14, "Red Coast IV" means having mixed feelings about something or someone?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Cheng Lihua try to get from Ye Wenjie while she is jailed?

2. Why does Wang Miao visit Ye Wenjie's home in Chapter 8, “Ye Wenjie”?

3. What setting is established in Chapter 2, "Silent Spring"? What has brought Ye Wenjie to this location?

4. What satellites are described in Chapter 9, "The Universe Flickers"?

5. When did the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution take place? Why is it important in The Three-Body Problem?

6. What has happened to Ye Wenjie's daughter in the novel?

7. Where does Ye Wenjie go after her father's death? Why?

8. Where is Ye Wenjie taken by helicopter in Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"? Why?

9. What is the "microwave background" and how is it described in Chapter 9, "The Universe Flickers"?

10. Who is Shao Lin and what is revealed about her character in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?

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